Top 10 largest countries of world

Top 10 largest countries out of 195 countries are - 

In world, there are 195 countries. Out of 195, we are going to discuss about top 10 largest countries. As we know out of 100%, 71% consist of land and 29% consist of water. Different proportion of land is distributed in different countries which are

1. Russia - Russia is the largest country in the world. It is situated in Europe. Russia covers a total area of 6,601,665 mi² and a land area of 6,323,142 mi² which is equal to 11% of the total world's landmass. It is the biggest country of Europe also. The capital country of Russia is Moscow

2. Canada - Canada is second largest country in the world followed by Russia. It is located in North America, just above America. it is the biggest country of American continent. It covers a area of 3,853,300mi² which is equal to 6% of total world's landmass. It is the biggest country of North America. The capital of Canada is Ottawa.

3. China is third largest country in the world. It is situated in Asia. It covers a area of 3,706,581mi² which is 6.3% of total landmass of world. China is also the largest country of Asia. The capital of China is Beijing and Shanghai.

4. Unites States - United States is the fourth country in the world. It is located in North America. It covers a area of 3,618,785mi² which is 6.1% of total landmass of world. It is the second largest country of North America after Canada. The capital city of United States is Washington DC

5. Brazil - Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world. It is situated in South America. It covers a area of 3,287,956mi² which is approximately equal to 5.74% of total landmass of world. It is the largest country of South America. The capital of Brazil is Brasilia.

6. Australia - Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It is a island country, situated in Australian continent. It covers a area of 2,969,907mi² which is approximately equal to 5.18% of total landmass of world. it is the largest island country also. The capital of Australia is Canberra.

7. India - India is the seventh largest country in the world as well as second largest country in Asia after Chi . It covers the area of 1,269,346mi² which is equal to 2.21% of total landmass of world. The capital of India is New Delhi

8. Argentina - Argentina is the eight largest country in world. It is located in South America. It covers a area of 1,073,518mi² which is equal to 1.87% of total landmass of world. It is the second largest country of South America after Brazil. The capital city of Argentina is Buenos Aires.

9. Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country of the world. It is situated in Asia, just above China. It covers a area of 1,052,090mi² which is equal to 1.84% of total landmass of world. It is the third largest country of Asia after China and India. The capital city of Kazakhstan is Nur-Sultan

10. Algeria - Algeria is tenth largest country of the world. It covers the area of 919595.3mi² which is equal to 1.60% of total landmass of world. The capital city of Algeria is Algiers.

These are the top 10 largest countries of world which consist of large proportion of Earth's landmass. These cover almost half percentage of total landmass.

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